Edmonton startup ‘Stashii’ offers solution to parking woes

WATCH ABOVE: An Edmonton idea could make your day a lot easier. The startup has been around for less than a month and is already swamped with customers. So what solution does “Stashii” offer? How about getting rid of your parking woes? Sarah Kraus explains.

“They start generating income. The renter starts benefiting from economical parking right next to the LRT.”

Commuters at Century Park appeared willing to give the startup a try.

“I think it wold be a very interesting idea all in all. More parking is always great for the city, right?” Clayton Brandridge said.

“I used to park here when this was brand new and the whole thing was free. But as time goes by they keep making the free part smaller and smaller and you have to be here be 6:30 a.m. to catch a spot,” LRT rider David Maldonado said, as he stood in the cold waiting for a ride home.

“There’s no awkward exchanges of cash, you simply plug in your credit card when you do find a listing and the payments are automatically taken every month from the renter and deposited into the host’s bank account. So there’s no chasing payments,” Attitalla said.

Attitalla said his startup is the first of its kind in Canada, but has been proven successful in other countries, including the United States.